Pakistan has brushed aside India’s untenable claim that Jammu and Kashmir was its “integral and inalienable part”, saying that the UN resolutions recognized the Himalayan state as a disputed territory. “Jammu and Kashmir is not ‘an integral part’ of India, nor has it ever been so under international law,” Pakistani delegate Asif Khan told the […]
Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan on Friday said agriculture remained a major component of Pakistan’s trade as the country witnessed a significant surge in agricultural exports last year, with exports increasing by around $3 to $3.5 billion compared to the previous year. Responding to a Calling Attention Notice moved by Ms Aliya Kamran, Ms Naeema […]
The growing threat of online fraud took centre stage in the National Assembly on Friday as Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq disclosed that his voice had been impersonated to fraudulently seek money from citizens, prompting assurances from the government that action and legislation were underway to counter organised digital crime. The session, presided over by Sardar […]
Elon Musk’s X was mostly restored after an outage impacted tens of thousands of users globally on Friday, according to Downdetector.com. At the peak, there were more than 74,000 reports of issues with the social media platform in the United States around 10.14 a.m. ET, data from the outage-tracking website showed. That eased to about […]
The daughter of Bushra Bibi approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking permission to meet her mother, who is currently incarcerated at Adiala Jail. Mubashra Khawar Maneka filed the petition through Lahore High Court Bar Association President Asif Naswana. The Punjab government, the Superintendent of Adiala Jail, and other relevant authorities have been made respondents […]
The Ghotki police have entered into an agreement with dacoits belonging to the Shar gang, under which the police will offer certain operational concessions in return for the surrender of some gang members. As part of the arrangement, police will not use armoured vehicles during operations in the Katcha (riverine) areas. Reports of the deal […]
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Friday told the Senate that the growing and unregulated exposure of children under 18 to social media platforms was an extremely serious issue, requiring a coordinated and comprehensive response from all state institutions. Responding to a calling attention notice raised by Falak Naz and others regarding […]
The Senate on Friday passed the Transfer of Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2025 with certain amendments proposed by Senator Farooq H Naek. Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi moved the Bill further to amend the Transfer of Railways Order, 1962 [The Transfer of Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2025], as reported by the Standing Committee in the House. […]
Senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani has said the appointment of opposition leaders backed by former prime minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly and Senate is a major confidence-building step. He claimed that the move could lead to the emergence of a consensus prime ministerial candidate from the PML-N acceptable to the PTI. In an […]
The PTI on Friday urged the federal government to facilitate a meeting with the party founder, sparking a debate and protest by opposition lawmakers in the Senate over the issue. During the session chaired by Sherry Rehman, lawmakers raised the issue of excessive and unsupervised use of social media apps by children in Pakistan. The […]